Amrit Rai
Amrit Rai (3 September 1921 – 14 August 1996) was an Indian writer, poet and biographer in both the
Sahitya Akademi award for 1963.[1]
He also co-edited Chitthi Patri (1962), a two-volume book on the letters of Premchand along with his biographer, Madan Gopal. In 1982, he donated a collection of his father's 236 letters to the
Teen Murti House, Delhi.[2] His A House Divided is an influential account of how the shared Hindi/Hindavī linguistic tradition became differentiated into Modern Standard Hindi and Urdu.[citation needed
]
Rai died in
Allahabad, in August 1996 at the age of 75. He had suffered a paralytic stroke earlier in March.[1]
Bibliography
- Rai, Amrit. Premchand: A Life. Harish Trivedi, translator. New Delhi: People's Publishing House, 1982.
- Rai, Amrit. A House Divided: The Origin and Development of Hindi/Hindavi. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1984.
References
- ^ a b "Amrit Rai, prolific Hindi writer & son of Munshi Premchand, passes away in Allahabad". India Today. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "New light on Premchand". The Hindu. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
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